Age/Gender Issues

Teenagers: Most Common Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Procedures

New York, NY (January 3, 2000) — The following procedures are among those most commonly performed for patients 18 years of age and younger.

Rhinoplasty: Nose reshaping is the most common aesthetic procedure requested by teens. It can be performed when the nose has completed 90 per cent of its growth, which can occur as young as 13 or 14 in girls and 15 or 16 in boys.

Lipoplasty (liposuction): Recommended for patients of normal weight with localized fat deposits resistant to diet and exercise, often a hereditary condition. Those 18 and younger represented 1.4% of the total number of procedures performed in 1997, and 1.3% in 1998.